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GTT workers take COVID-19 induced pay cuts
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) says it will be cutting salaries temporarily in an effort to ensure the...
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GHRA calls for hundreds of prisoners to be released
The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) office The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) is calling on authorities to send home...
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Gov’t mobilising basic supplies for vulnerable communities; Nagamootoo vows “there will be no abuse”
Acting Director General of the CDC, Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig. In light of the month-long emergency measures instituted by the...
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Ocean View Hotel, gymnasium, Sports Hall, identified for COVID-19 patients
The abandoned building at 44 High Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown. Government has taken over the now closed Ocean View International Hotel...
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Nagamootoo orders police to enforce minibus anti-COVID-19 passenger restrictions
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo. Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on Saturday publicly ordered the Guyana Police Force to ensure minibus operators...
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Jagdeo calls for emergency food supplies to vulnerable groups
Businesses in the heart of commercial Georgetown closed Friday afternoon (3rd April, 2020) during what would normally be a period...
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Gov’t issues nationwide dusk to dawn curfew
The Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence on Friday imposed a nationwide curfew from 6pm to 6am in an effort...
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Lands and Surveys suspends major services to gov’t, private sector
As the fear of the deadly coronavirus, COVID-19, spreads, the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) on Friday said it...
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COVID-19: Domestic flights to border areas suspended
Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, Retired Lt. Col. Egbert Field. The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on...
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COVID-19: Govt will shut down entertainment places from midnight Friday
President David Granger says government will shut down several businesses from Friday night because people have been ignoring calls for...
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